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Second Payment of $15 Million Settlement for Part-time Regular Workers Announced
June 22, 2025
Second Payment of $15 Million Settlement for Part-time Regular Workers Announced
Update: CDL Medical Certification Integration
June 18, 2025
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) adopted a rule change in 2015, along with many other components of this rule change, was the requirement that the Medical Examiner who performs a Commercial Driver Certification physical will...
Newspaper Union Survives 150 Years of Changes, Then All But Disappears
June 30, 2003
In the middle of the 15th century, Johannes Gutenberg combined his knowledge of molten metal with a colleague’s wine press to create the first publication to rely on reusable type. The German goldsmith’s invention of “movable” type launched both a...
Labor Organizing Changed the Hawaiian Islands Forever
April 30, 2003
The birth of the Hawaiian labor movement was a painful experience, marked by a number of failed job actions on the islands’ sugar-cane plantations over the course of 50 years. The largely Asian workforce learned bitter lessons from several failed...
Dolores Huerta
February 28, 2003
While almost everyone is familiar with Cesar Chavez, relatively few know the name of Dolores Huerta, the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Union.
The Alliance That Began With the Brotherhood
December 31, 2002
As the civil war divided the nation figuratively, transcontinental rail travel brought it together literally. The nation’s railroad system also brought together for the first time Black workers and the labor movement. From that alliance, several...
Titanic Postal Clerks
October 31, 2002
In the 90 years since it departed England on its only journey, the R.M.S. Titanic has remained of unwavering great interest, with the focus tending towards its design or the actions of its many famous passengers.